CgTalk Daily Sketch 209 "New Years Eve! / Happy New Year!"

[ThomasKl]

Hey - this is my first attempt to a sketch-thread...took about 2hours Photoshop painting..happy new year and best wishes to everyone ! :-D

http://www.thomasklieber.de/archive/happynewyear.jpg

[IDMaX]

Another one , very poor background xD
http://www.galeon.com/idmax/feliz_navidad.jpg

ps+wacom+25 min

[blackpot]

http://www.gerrydavisart.com/pictures/happynewyear.jpg
this took about an hour and a half in photoshop. hapy new year everyone:)

[Drumwhore]

around 1h, photoshop cs. ran out of time, gotta get ready to party :D
happy new year everybody!

http://users.skynet.be/am272566/nye.jpg

[captain chapo]

i think it's the year of the dragon...5-10mins in PS, would have spent longer, but i found out i have to take down the christmas decorations before work...yay. should have used a refrence...

http://www.thisdonkerslife.com/art/dailysketches/dragon.jpg

[diablo943]

My first submission to the Daily Sketch...
2 hours in Painter9 with a Wacom.
Happy New Year. May '05 have much less loss of life than '04. Peace.
http://943productions.com/dailySketch/happyNewYear2004.jpg

[Reinier]

:D Happy new year everyone!

played with it for awhile: 2h PS. Hope you enjoy

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/9664/eve6hm.jpg

[doomdragon]

Well nothing special this time, just wanted to say happy new year to everybody. :beer:

http://www.doomdragon.de/dailysketch/silvester.jpg
photoshop 30 min

[PadawanCG]

Beautiful picture Reinier, I love the feeling of your rendition.

Doondragon, I really like your picture also, looks to be a free hand painting. What caught my attention was the champaign glasses and the softness of the image.

[FridayEve]

http://www.fridayeve.com/gallery/cgtalk/cg209_fridayeve.jpg
1.5 hours/painter
Happy New Year!

[Obear]

1 hour, Paint Shop Pro, photo References.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/FGP123/Happynewyear.jpg

[drawMonger]

Thanks for the idea FridayEve ;) Happy New Year All!!

http://digitalcraft.com.au/misc/sg209-happynewyear.jpg

painter / ps / 1.5hr

[robinayles]

Happy New Year!

http://www.k-squared.com/hapnewyear.jpg

Prob. 2 hrs PS/Wacom

[GOTgraphic]

Great work everybody, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And remember at this time of year; don't be playing with illegal fireworks and the still at the same time!
http://firebolt.scl.utah.edu/~mark/cgt/20041231sketch209NewYearsEv.jpg

Blue-pencil, brush-ink, scan, Illustrator+Wacom = 3hr

[drawMonger]

Fantastic cartoon action GOT! love it :thumbsup:

[GOTgraphic]

Thanks DrawMonger :cool:

[Gentrifier]

This is a "What if..." New Year's card.

"What if Iraqi insurgents sent out New Year wishes?"

Photoshop CS -- a few hours, probably 5 or 6 in all.

http://www.community3d.com/stuff/yearoftheied.jpg

[Reinier]

Here's another one.. this time more sadistic. In the city where i live LOTS of people have LOTS of dogs. A good portion of them let their dog poop on the sidewalk so i have stepped numerous times on dogshit on nightly strolls. (maybe i should be doing this to those dog owners...)
Anyways: 1.5 hours or so... hope you enjoy!
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/3961/newyeardog5do.jpg

[MVP]

GOT - loving that picture. I am still learning new ways of using PS. Could you be so kind as to do a little tutorial on how you get such great lines in your art - everytime I try to do something similar it ends up all wobbly and rubbish. Much appreciated,

\m/

[GOTgraphic]

GOT - loving that picture. I am still learning new ways of using PS. Could you be so kind as to do a little tutorial on how you get such great lines in your art - everytime I try to do something similar it ends up all wobbly and rubbish. Much appreciated,

\m/ Quick reply (before I run off to work...), I use Adobe Illustrator which is vector based. Thats how I get the good line work. I've tried using Photoshop to get the same line look and it can be done but is a lot harder to get the same effect and its ends up not looking quite so nice.

[GOTgraphic]

Hey MVP, I should also point out that I'm using a Wacom tablet. That helps a LOT! I used to rely on custom brushes in Illustrator to get the line variations, but the tablet makes it a miracle to achieve some things. I have made several calligraphy brushes and adjusted their attributes and then use those now. Does that help? Thanks :cool:

[MVP]

Cheers for that - i will have a play around tonight.

So, if I draw a line with me wacom pen , will Illustrator atomatically smooth it out?

[GOTgraphic]

Yes, Illustrator will to a degree smooth out the lines (adjusting the preferences can either automatically smooth them a lot or not at all).

You can also edit the line-points after the segment is drawn to correct for mistakes and get a better look.

The more you use the Wacom the better you get (I'm only a novice with it). I was lousy at it in the first week or two... now I'm ok at it (I think... heh). There's a lot to do with it (regarding Illustrator) that I haven't attempted yet.

[robinayles]

I agree...GOT, your line work always ROCKS!! I love your style too. Very fresh and always fun!

Reinier - You are SICK, man, SICK! But then I like that in a person! Very well done!...and did I mention SICK? :) :thumbsup:

[Reinier]

hehehe thank you Robinayles... i'm flattered :twisted: Being a bit sick makes life so much fun...!

[GOTgraphic]

I agree...GOT, your line work always ROCKS!! I love your style too. Very fresh and always fun! Thanks Robinayles!!! :cool: :cool: :cool: Makes me feel like I'm good at something... :love:

[robinayles]

GOT - you aren't just good...you are GREAT!

[GOTgraphic]

GOT - you aren't just good...you are GREAT!Well thanks :love: Kind of hard to think that though, when I can't get a job doing graphic designing :banghead: ... and all my relatives are layers, doctors, engineers, scientists, etc... sigh... oh well (but I’d rather do what I’m doing than what they are :D ), you'd think they would need some good art to put on their boring walls :cool:

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